Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

PolicyDocument

The policy that grants an entity permission to assume the role.

The regex pattern
used to validate this parameter is a string of characters consisting of any printable
ASCII
character ranging from the space character (\u0020) through end of the ASCII character
range
as well as the printable characters in the Basic Latin and Latin-1 Supplement character
set
(through \u00FF). It also includes the special characters tab (\u0009), line feed
(\u000A), and
carriage return (\u000D).

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 131072.

Pattern: [\u0009\u000A\u000D\u0020-\u00FF]+

Required: Yes

RoleName

The name of the role to update with the new policy.

This parameter allows (per its regex pattern) a string of characters consisting of upper and lowercase alphanumeric
characters with no spaces. You can also include any of the following characters: _+=,.@-

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.

Pattern: [\w+=,.@-]+

Required: Yes

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

LimitExceeded

The request was rejected because it attempted to create resources beyond the current
AWS account limits. The error message describes the limit exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 409

MalformedPolicyDocument

The request was rejected because the policy document was malformed. The error message
describes the specific error.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NoSuchEntity

The request was rejected because it referenced an entity that does not exist. The
error
message describes the entity.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ServiceFailure

The request processing has failed because of an unknown error, exception or
failure.

HTTP Status Code: 500

UnmodifiableEntity

The request was rejected because only the service that depends on the service-linked
role can modify or delete the role on your behalf. The error message includes the
name of the
service that depends on this service-linked role. You must request the change through
that
service.